A109 Power Down near Leeds, UK
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A109 Power Down near Leeds, UK
Heard through the grapevine that an A109E had a hard landing yesterday near Coney Park. The rumour I heard was that it was a tail-rotor drive failure followed by hard landing which damaged the undercarriage. Don't have any further details but would be interested to have the cause of this prang confirmed. J
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I can't confirm anything but, I've been told .....
Tail-rotor driveshaft failed at about 300 feet while climbing out of Leeds/Bradford.
Pilot, apparently an experienced PPL, did a good job and put it down safely. Mike Jacobson?
Not the best time to lose a t/r.
Well done, whoever it was.
Tail-rotor driveshaft failed at about 300 feet while climbing out of Leeds/Bradford.
Pilot, apparently an experienced PPL, did a good job and put it down safely. Mike Jacobson?
Not the best time to lose a t/r.
Well done, whoever it was.
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An 'informed source' tells me that what has been posted already is pretty much correct.
Apparent T/R drive failure on climb-out. The aircraft landed (and stayed) upright but it was a heavy one. Two occupants both unhurt. The heli was recovered to Coney Park on Monday, then trailered off to Sloane on Tuesday.
Apparent T/R drive failure on climb-out. The aircraft landed (and stayed) upright but it was a heavy one. Two occupants both unhurt. The heli was recovered to Coney Park on Monday, then trailered off to Sloane on Tuesday.
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Rumour has it that the cause was likely a gearbox support strut bolt failure. This caused the missalignment of the T/R drive shaft which then failed.
All A109/119 subject to a Technical Bulletin
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